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PGIM, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Newark, New Jersey. The firm was founded in 1984 and is a direct subsidiary of PGIM Holding Co. LLC, ultimately owned by Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU). PGIM provides institutional clients with investment solutions worldwide. It is comprised of autonomous asset management businesses each specializing in a particular asset class with a focused investment approach: PGIM Institutional Advisory & Solutions (provides advisory services to institutional clients located in the US and outside of the US), PGIM Fixed Income (an adviser primarily focused on public fixed income investments), PGIM Real Estate (a provider of real estate investment advisory services) and PGIM Capital Group (a private fixed income investment adviser, also known as Prudential Capital Group).

Manning & Napier Advisors LLC (MNA) is an investment advisory firm headquartered in Fairport, New York. The firm was formed in 2011 as the successor to Manning & Napier Advisors, Inc., which was founded as a partnership in 1970. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Manning & Napier Group LLC and their ultimate parent is Callodine Midco, Inc. MNA provides investment advice to individuals and institutional clients. The firm also acts as the sub-advisor to affiliated and unaffiliated advisors and to certain registered and unregistered commingled investment vehicles.

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (Wealth Management) (BNY Mellon Wealth Management) is the wealth management division of The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK), an investment banking services holding company headquartered in New York City. The firm was formed from the merger of The Bank of New York and the Mellon Financial Corporation in 2007. BNY Mellon Wealth Management provides investment management, wealth management and banking services to individuals, families, family offices, charitable gift programs, endowments and foundations.

Financial Engines Advisors LLC (FEA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Santa Clara, California. The firm was founded in 1997 by William Sharpe, Joseph Grundfest and Craig Johnson. They are a subsidiary of Edelman Financial Engines LLC (NASDAQ: FNGN). FEA provides investment advisory services to individual investors, participants in employer-sponsored defined contribution plans, trusts, estates, pension, retirement and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, foundations, associations, high-net worth individuals, institutions, small to mid-sized businesses including corporations, and other business entities.

LPL Financial LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Fort Mill, South Carolina. The firm was founded in 1989 as Linsco/Private Ledger Corp. They are a direct subsidiary of LPL Holdings, Inc., owned by LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPLA). LPL Financial offers various types of advisory services and programs to individual and institutional clients.

UBS Asset Management (Singapore) Ltd. (UBS Singapore) is the asset management subsidiary of UBS Asset Management AG, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG) in Switzerland. Headquartered in Singapore, the firm offers bespoke investment solutions to a wide range of clients including corporations, pension funds, endowments and major financial institutions. UBS Singapore distributes funds through partners locally and around the Southeast Asia region.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Laffer Tengler Investments, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. The firm was founded by Dr. Arthur B. Laffer and Arthur B. Laffer in 1999. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of ButcherJoseph Financial Holdings LLC. Laffer Tengler Investments provides investment advice and management services (1) as a discretionary investment adviser to domestic and foreign separately managed accounts; (2) as a discretionary manager to clients participating in one or more wrap fee programs; (3) as a non- discretionary investment adviser to certain clients, which includes other investment advisers; and (4) as a sub-adviser to certain open-end exchange traded funds.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. (Broker) (Oppenheimer-Broker) is the global full-service brokerage division of Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., an investment boutique headquartered in New York City with additional offices nationwide. Founded in 1975, the firm is owned directly by Viner Finance Inc., an indirect subsidiary of Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. (NYSE: OPY). Oppenheimer-Broker offers a full array of brokerage services to retail, institutional, and corporate clients.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC (CMIA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP). The firm was formed in 2010 due to Ameriprise Financial Services' (AFS) acquisition of the long-term asset management business of Columbia Management Group (CMG) from Bank of America. AFS merged CMG's long-term asset management business with their subsidiary, RiverSource Investments LLC, under the name Columbia Management Investment Advisors. CMIA offers equity and fixed-income retail and institutional investment products for various types of clients.

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

City National Rochdale LLC (CNR) is the SEC-registered investment management subsidiary of CNR Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE, TSE: RY) in Canada. The firm was founded when Rochdale Investment Management LLC was combined with City National Asset Management, Inc. and City National Bank's investment management group, City National Asset Management. Headquartered in New York City, CNR provides portfolio management services to high net-worth individual investors as well as to registered investment companies and institutions.

Citigroup Private Bank is the private banking subsidiary of Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm serves worldly and wealthy individuals and their families with a customized private banking service that crosses borders. They also provide services to professional investors, family offices, and lawyers and law firms.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (MLPF&S) is a global investment banking firm, SEC-registered investment advisor, broker-dealer, and futures commission merchant headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co., ultimately held by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). MLPF&S provides investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, banks, insurance companies, thrift institutions, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations and other types of business.

BofA Securities, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of NB Holdings Corp., ultimately held by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Headquartered in New York, the firm was founded in 2015 and offers trade execution, trading or brokerage services to institutional clients.

GHO Capital Partners LLP (GHO Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2014 by Mireille G. Gillings, Dennis B. Gillings, Alan Browning MacKay, Michael Irvine Mortimer and Andrea Ponti. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Priniti Foods Pvt Ltd. is a company that was founded in 2009 and is based in Haryana, India. The Indian company manufactures and supplies snack products.

Sageview Capital LP (Sageview Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Sageview Management LLC founded in 2005 by Edward Gilhuly and Scott Stuart. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Sageview Capital LP (Investment Management) (Sageview-IM) is the registered investment advisory division of Sageview Capital LP, a private equity investment firm headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm was founded in 2005 by Edward Gilhuly and Scott Stuart. They are wholly-owned by Sageview Capital LP, which is owned by Sageview Management LLC. Sageview-IM provides investment advisory services to private funds, which are generally organized as limited partnerships under the laws of the State of Delaware or, as exempted limited partnerships under the laws of the Cayman Islands. Private fund investors may include high net-worth individuals and a variety of institutional investors.

Part of ButcherJoseph Financial Holdings LLC, ButcherJoseph Asset Management LLC provides investment advisory services. The company is based in Charlotte, NC.

Webster Equity Partners LLC (Webster Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2003 by Donald Steiner and Andrew McKee. The firm is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Atlantic Trust Group, Inc. provides asset management and financial advisory services. The firm manages wealth for individuals, families and provides asset management services to foundations and endowments. It also provides investment management, asset allocation, trust, custody and family office services. The company has offices in New York, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, Houston, Palm Beach, San Francisco, Austin, Winston-Salem, Baltimore, Denver, Newport Beach and Washington, D.C. Atlantic Trust was founded in 1980 by Tony Pell & Edward I. Rudman and is located in New York, NY.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses